Coin-holder.



F, G. SHUMAN.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1909.

Patented Sept 27, 1910.

vvi in coma FRANK o. SI-IUMAN, or CHICAGO, rnmnors COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'- Application filed April 8, 1909. Serial No. 488,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. SHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chica o, in the county of Cook and State of ll inois, have invented a new and useful CoimHolder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'paper rece tacles, and more especially to those adapte to hold coins, as for their transportation through the mail; and the object of the same is to produce improvements in'coin holders of this class, whereby the coins will not sli out from under their retaining strips and become wholly or partially superimposed on each other in transit, so that the inclosin envelop is rendered. bulky. Heretofore, it

has been customary to cut slits through the cardboard and bend up the strip between them, so that a coin could be inserted beneath it. It has also been common to fold the corners of a sheet inward on obli 1e lines, so as to produce a pointed poo et adapted to contain a plurality of coins, and then fold the entire pocket inward upon the sheet over a cross line between them. To an extent the present invention contemplates the employment of both these ideas, but its specific construction is such that when the 30 COIDS are dis osed beneath the strips they are held in p ace by the folds.

In the accompanyin drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view 0 this device rea y for insertion in an envelop; Fig. 2 is a similar view, with its fia s and wings open and the coins shown in otted lines; Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of slightly different forms.

' Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral 1 designates a rectangular body, as of cardboard scored for folding on a transverse line 2, near one end, so as to produce an end He 3. Obliquely across the corners of the car at the flap end are two other score lines 4, producing two triangular wings 5 at the outer sides of the trian lar flap 3, as best seen in Fig. 2. When t ese parts are folded together on the score lines, the tip or apex of the trian ular fla may be inserted 1n the slot 10' ormed t rough the body 1 at a proper point as best seen in Fi 1. The

ap has parallel slits 6 and 8 pro ucing two short coin-receivi stri s 7 and one longer one 9. In 2 t e str1ps 7 stand in alinement and near the cross line 2, while the or some equally pliable material,

strip 9 stands at ri ht angles to them and nearer the, oint of t e flap 3; but it will be observed t at two of, the fold lines pass along the sides of each strip and at a distance sufliciently remote therefrom to admit a com, as shown by dotted lines, this construction following from the fact that'the stri s are directed substantially toward the ang es of the triangular fla Fig. 3 shows a triangular flap also inten ed for the reception of three coins, but here not in alinement with each slightly oblique to the strip line. In 4 the strips for the two smaller coins are omitted and the triangular flap 12 pointed by the lines 14 and 15, as only a single pair of slits will produce a stri 13. The latter, like the strips 9, is directs toward the angle of this fla In all t e views and in all constructions it is intended that when the wi s are folded down over onto the flap an the latter folded onto thebody, two of the fold lines shall pass alon the sides of the strip or strips under WhlCh the coins are held. Obviously, the fold lines cannot be parallel with the strips, so long as the flap is triangular, but the fact that said folds are present will prevent the coins or coin from slipping laterally out from under the strips.

A com holder thus constructed is no more expensive in manufacture than the others other and stand Patented Slept. 27 1910,

the strips 11 are heretofore referred to, as' the score lines and slits can all be made at one operation. Its strips retain the coins as formerly, and when its ap and wings are opened, the coins are exposed to view, rather than being loose in the pocket formed by the folding actions described. v

The advantage of the resent construction lies mainly in the fact t at when the coins are inserted beneath the proper strips and the parts folded together, as for insertion in an envelo the coins cannot become displaced nor s 1p over'each other so as to roduce a bulky iece of mail matter, an as they have no ateral movement in any direction within either the holder or the envelop, they cannot accidentally fall out of the latter, even though it be shaken violently.

What I claim is:

A coin holder consisting of a rectangular card folded obliquely across two adjacent corners to produce two wings and folded together across its body near the inner end as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa of said wings to produce a triangular flap ture in the presence of two witnesses.

between them said fla bein slit to form three coin-receiving stri s,eac directed sub- FRANK 5 stantially toward one 0 its angles and hav- Witnesses:

in% two fold lines extendi past its sides. E. C. RHODES,

n testimony that I C1Blm the foregoing FRED IsnLY. 

